
While having dinner with a woman, Sean's cell phone rang. He glanced at the screen of his phone. The phone number does not know him. Sean chose to ignore and continued his dinner.
"Sean, why don't you pick up your phone? It might be important." The woman asked as Sean's phone went off for the second time.
With an indifferent face Sean said, "I don't know that number. Maybe a prankster." After he answered, a message went to Sean's phone. Sean glanced at it for a while before deciding to open the message.
[Sean, help me. I was stuck in the toilet] Sean's forehead shriveled for a moment.
"What's wrong? Did something happen?" the woman asked softly when she saw Sean staring in wonder at the screen of her phone.
Sean then turned his gaze to the woman in front of him. "none. It's not important." Sean put down his phone. "Eat it, your meal will be cold later." The woman nodded with a smile.
Upon arriving home, Sean meets his mother. "Sean, Claire hasn't come home yet, your grandfather told you to look for her. Your grandfather was worried that something might happen to Claire."
Sean stared at his watch which showed at 9 p.m. He thought for a moment. Claire's new in town S. He could not have dared to go far because he did not know the city, let alone that he did not know anyone in the city. For a moment Sean felt disturbed, but when he remembered seeing Claire apparently talking to another man in front of his office, he immediately understood why Claire could come home late at night.
This woman, even new to work, but already seduces other men.
"Maybe he's having fun out there" Sean said with a cold face.
Sean stepped back to ignore his mother's confused face. "What do you mean?"Sean's mother seemed to not understand the meaning of his son's words.
"Tell Grandpa not to worry. He will definitely go home later," Sean replied without stopping his steps.
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Claire sat leaning behind the door with a face of despair. He's been locked for 2 and a half hours in the toilet. He thinks he'll be locked in the toliet until tomorrow. His body shivered from earlier resisting the cold wind that night.
Thirsty, Claire stood up and walked over to the sink and put her hands under the water tap and directed her to her mouth. He had no choice but to drink the water from the sink.
Finished quenching her thirst, Claire heard the sound of steps towards the toilet. The empty condition of the building makes the atmosphere very quiet so that if there is a little movement it will be heard clearly. He then ran and started banging on the door and shouting for help.
"Who's there?" A 50-year-old man walked up to a woman's toilet whose toilet lamp was still on. For a moment he hesitated to approach when he saw the tag hanging on the toliet door with a caption, saying,
[Observations. No entry. Toilet's busted. Are in repair]
"Uncle, help me. I'm an employee who works in this building. I'm stuck in here. The door was locked," Claire shouted for the person to hear her voice.
The middle-aged man approached the toilet after being convinced that someone was inside the toilet. He then held the door handle to open it, but could not.
"Miss, are you okay inside?"
Since it takes time to open the door, the man must make sure the woman is in good shape.
"I'm fine."
"alright. You wait a minute. I'll call my other partner."
He had to break it down because he didn't have the toilet spare key. Usually the key is stored by Office Boy or Office Girl who served on each toilet floor of the building.
The man decided to call the other fellow to break down the door because he could not break it down alone. The man is a building guard in Sean's office who is on duty at night to keep the building safe. They used to walk around the building at night or after all the employees came home.
After waiting for 15 minutes, the man's co-worker arrived in front of the woman's toilet where Claire was trapped. There were 3 men trying to break down the door of the toillet. After trying many times, the door finally opened. Claire was relieved.
"I'm fine. Thank you for helping me."
"How did you get stuck in this toilet?" ask the man again.
"Someone locked me in from the outside."
The three people were a little surprised. "How can anyone be so wicked and have no conscience like this." They all seemed concerned to see Claire's pale state and looked cold.
"You better get home, miss. Your family must be looking for you."
Claire smiled bitterly, of course her parents would be worried if they knew the true state of her son. It was very different with her future husband. Sean ignored him while he was in need of his help.
Claire realizes that Sean doesn't like her. Even though he didn't like it, didn't he at least have a slight conscience? Helping others, is it so hard for him?
Claire walked slowly out of her office building after saying goodbye to the 3 people who had helped her. The clock has shown at half 10 p.m. There are no more activities in the office building because all employees have gone home. Only he was still in the office.
The hair and clothes worn by Claire look still wet, there are even stains and smells left on her work clothes. Her hair was sticky and smelled bad. Claire then walked to the stop while tidying up her slightly messy hair.
Claire does not take a taxi, but she sits at a stop. I don't know what he was thinking, but his gaze seemed to hold such a huge fire of anger. People who have been locked up, must get a proper reply. He is not one who will take care of others.
While thinking, a car stopped near the stop and in the car there was a man who was calling. His gaze was fixed on Claire who was sitting at the stop.
After receiving the call, the man exhaled for a moment and then looked back at Claire who seemed to be sitting pitifully. His hair was messy, his clothes dirty, his body seemed to tremble withstanding the cold of the night.
The man looked at Claire for a few minutes, then got out of his car to approach Claire after seeing her several times stopping the taxi, but no one wanted to stop. The man also wondered why no taxi would take the woman. Finally the man came down and approached the woman.
"Miss, what are you doing here these nights?"
Claire who had been staring down, immediately raised her head to look at the man standing in front of her.
Claire looked at the man for a moment with a puzzled look.
"I was waiting for a taxi" Claire replied in the end.
There was a familiar feeling when he saw the man's face. Like reminding him of someone. "Where's your house? I'll drive you. It's night time, it's dangerous for a girl as beautiful as you to take a cab at night."
Seeing the appearance and unpleasant smell of the woman, the man finally understood, why no taxi would take the woman. There was no other intention when the man offered to drive her.
He only felt pity, especially when he saw the appearance of the woman who looked pitiful. Actually when he saw the woman, he immediately remembered his little sister. What if his sister would experience the same thing with that woman, he thought.
"No need, I'll just take a cab home." Claire doesn't know the guy. He could not just trust a man he did not know.
The man seemed to be able to read Claire's mind. "Just relax, I'm not a bad person." Felix took the wallet and pulled out the card. "My name, Felix, it's my identity card."
Seriate...
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Read the author's "Mysterious Man"